Warren Buffett's $1 million bet against hedge funds wasn't just about bragging rights—it was a challenge to Wall Street's high-fee investment strategies. Back in 2007, he bet that a simple S&P 500 ...

It's not easy to beat the S&P 500 index. Most professional investors don't, even though they charge an arm and a leg for managing your money. Ironically, you don't need some fancy, complex trading ...

If you're saving and investing for retirement and you want to do well -- without having to become a stock market expert and top-notch analyst -- look to simple index funds. These track a particular ...

The number of complex investment strategies available to investors has never been greater. But most investors are probably still best served by a few simple, market-cap-weighted index funds. One of ...

IEF invests in treasuries. Treasuries have low credit risk, moderate interest rate risk, and low yields. An overview of the fund follows. IEF is a treasury index ETF, tracking the ICE US Treasury 7-10 ...

There are many S&P 500 index funds to choose from, most with ultra-low fees. Each will have you invested, to a degree, in most of the U.S. economy. You can amass millions via simple index funds and ...

Each of these should serve you very well over the long term, in part due to their low fees. The SPDR ETF has the highest expense ratio (annual fee) -- only 0.095%, meaning you'll pay just $9.50 per ...

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) is one of the largest and most popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the stock market. It tracks the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) market index with minimal fees ...

The Vanguard Growth ETF primarily focuses on large-cap growth stocks. The fund's heavy technology weighting has helped it outperform the S&P 500. Long-term trends favor more of the same, but watch out ...